雇 (gù) — Chinese Character

雇

gù

employment; to hire, to employ

Radical: 隹 HSK 7 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

雇 decomposes into the following components:

户隹

Semantic component: 隹; phonetic component: 户.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 雇.

劳雇

láo gù

labor and employer

受雇

shòu gù

to be employed

解雇

jiě gù

to fire

雇主

gù zhǔ

employer

雇佣

gù yōng

to employ

雇凶

gù xiōng

雇员

gù yuán

employee

雇用

gù yòng

to employ

贫雇农

pín gù nóng

poor peasants (in Marxism)

雇佣兵

gù yōng bīng

劳雇关系

láo gù guān xì

relations between labor and employer

Characters that share the radical 隹.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.